Abstract: Provided are a terminal apparatus and a communication method capable of improving reliability and frequency efficiency in a case that transmission is performed by beamforming. A receiver configured to receive a DMRS, DCI, and a PDSCH, and a decoding unit configured to decode the PDSCH are included, wherein the DCI includes a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) and the number of DMRS antenna ports, the TCI is information indicating a spatial reception filter for receiving the DMRS, the PDSCH includes a transport block, and in a case that two of the TCIs are indicated and the number of DMRS antenna ports is less than or equal to a prescribed number, and that the DCI includes a configuration of one transport block, the PDSCH transmitted from a part of the DMRS antenna ports is received based on a first TCI, and the PDSCH transmitted from a rest of the DMRS antenna ports is received based on a second TCI to decode the one transport block.

Abstract: A station apparatus according to the present invention is a station apparatus for connecting to an access point apparatus, the station apparatus including a receiver configured to receive a first frame; and a transmitter configured to transmit a response frame for the first frame in a second frequency band that is the same as or different from a first frequency band in which the first frame is received, wherein the transmitter transmits the response frame at a different transmit power in a case of transmitting the response frame in the first frequency band and in a case of transmitting the response frame in the second frequency band. This enables contribution to effective utilization of frequency resources.

Abstract: According to the present invention, transmission is efficiently and repeatedly performed within a slot. The number of repetitions in the slot is calculated using OFDM symbol allocation in a slot notified using a predetermined field during RRC signaling or DCI formatting and the number of divisions in the slot notified by the RRC signaling (or the number of OFDM symbols serving as repetition unit). When the calculated number of repetitions does not satisfy a predetermined condition, repeated transmission is not performed.

Abstract: A BSS to which a destination wireless communication apparatus of a physical layer frame belongs is identified, and accuracy of preamble detection is improved by changing a reception operation. A wireless communication apparatus includes a reception unit that detects a frame including information for identifying a BSS, and a control unit that switches between a first operation in a case where the frame is a frame which is associated with a BSS to which the wireless communication apparatus belongs and a second operation in a case where the frame is a frame which is not associated with the BSS to which the wireless communication apparatus belongs. Carrier sensing is not performed in the first operation, and the carrier sensing is performed in the second operation.

Abstract: A terminal apparatus and a method for communicating with a base station apparatus are provided. The method includes receiving Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling and a first DCI format addressed to a Cell-Radio Network Temporary Identifier (C-RNTI); determining a first priority of a first uplink grant based on a priority field in the RRC signaling; and transmitting a first Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) scheduled by the first uplink grant and a second PUSCH scheduled by a second uplink grant. The first uplink grant is a configured uplink grant notified by the RRC signaling. The second uplink grant is notified by the first DCI format.

Abstract: To provide a terminal apparatus and a communication method capable of improving reliability and frequency efficiency in a case of transmission by beamforming. Provided are a higher layer processing unit configured with demodulation reference signal (DMRS) antenna port groups for indicating two groups of antenna ports of a DMRS, a receiver configured to receive the DMRS, downlink control information (DCI), and a downlink shared channel (PDSCH), and a decoding unit configured to decode the PDSCH, wherein the PDSCH includes a transport block, and in a case that the number of the transport blocks configured in the DCI is one, the PDSCH demodulated using a DMRS of a first group and/or the PDSCH demodulated using a DMRS of a second group is used to decode one transport block.

Abstract: In a wireless communication system including a first sub-wireless communication system for managing a first radio resource and a second sub-wireless communication system for managing a second radio resource, a terminal apparatus connected to the first sub-wireless communication system is capable of performing communication using the second radio resource in addition to the first radio resource.

Abstract: An access point apparatus is an access point apparatus configured to maintain a first connection and a second connection, and includes a receiver configured to receive, in the first connection, a first frame including information associated with the second connection and a transmitter configured to determine, using the first frame, whether to transmit a second frame in the second connection.

Abstract: A method that carries out uplink multiple access while reducing complexity in processing accompanying exchange of control information. A terminal device that performs uplink multiple access communication includes a reception unit that receives a frame including uplink multiple access connection information, a first autonomous decentralized control unit that instructs securing time of a wireless resource, and a second autonomous decentralized control unit that instructs securing time of a wireless resource after reception of a frame including the uplink multiple access connection information. The terminal device is instructed securing time of the wireless resource by the first autonomous decentralized control unit in a case that a frame including the uplink multiple access connection information is not received. Securing time of the wireless resource is instructed by the second autonomous decentralized control unit in a case that a frame including the uplink multiple access connection information is received.

Abstract: An access point apparatus is an access point apparatus that maintains multiple connections, and includes a receiver that performs carrier sensing in the multiple connections and a transmitter that transmits a first frame for reserving a radio medium in a predetermined time interval in the multiple connections based on the carrier sensing, and the first frame includes information indicating a station apparatus having preference for use with respect to each of the multiple connections.

Abstract: A radio communication apparatus includes a receiver configured to receive control information related to multiple connections (a multi-link), and a frame transmitter configured to transmit a frame associated with the multi-link, wherein one or more of the multi-links are configurable, the multi-link includes two or more connections, and the control information includes an identifier for identifying the multi-link.

Abstract: A communication apparatus that maintains a first connection and a second connection, the communication apparatus including a frame generator configured to generate a first frame and a second frame, and a transmitter configured to transmit the first frame based on the first connection and transmit the second frame based on the second connection, wherein a frame length of the first frame and a frame length of the second frame are configured based on destination information of the first frame and destination information of the second frame, respectively.

Abstract: Provided are communication apparatus and a communication method that allow for secure communication even in a case that an eavesdropper has multiple antennas. An apparatus includes a transmitter configured to transmit a constant amplitude signal from three or more transmit antennas; a controller configured to control a phase of the constant amplitude signal, based on channel information and a target symbol; and a modulation unit configured to generate a modulation symbol from bits. The target symbol is generated by multiplying the modulation symbol by an amplitude coefficient.

Abstract: Provided are a terminal apparatus, a base station apparatus, and a communication method capable of improving reliability or frequency efficiency in a case of transmission by beamforming. An apparatus includes: a receiver configured to receive a downlink shared channel including configuration information, downlink control information, and a transport block; and a signal detection unit configured to decode the downlink shared channel by using a redundancy version included in the downlink control information. The configuration information includes the number of continuous slots in which an identical transport block is transmitted repeatedly, demodulation reference signals (DMRSs) transmitted in at least two of the continuous slots are not in a relationship of Quasi-colocation (QCL), and the redundancy version is determined from slot indexes of the continuous slots and information for indicating the QCL.

Abstract: A terminal apparatus and a method for communicating with a base station apparatus are provided. The method includes receiving Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling and a first DCI format addressed to a Cell-Radio Network Temporary Identifier (C-RNTI); determining a first priority of a first uplink grant based on a priority field in the RRC signaling; and transmitting a first Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) scheduled by the first uplink grant and a second PUSCH scheduled by a second uplink grant. The first uplink grant is a configured uplink grant notified by the RRC signaling. The second uplink grant is notified by the first DCI format.

Abstract: A terminal apparatus for communicating with a base station apparatus, the terminal apparatus including: a transmission unit configured to transmit a Phase-tracking reference signal (PTRS); and a higher layer processing unit configured to configure information of mapping of the PTRS. An antenna port for the PTRS is associated with an antenna port for a Demodulation reference signal (DMRS).

Abstract: Provided are a terminal apparatus and a communication method that are able to improve communication quality and an acquisition rate of transmission opportunity in a communication system requiring carrier sense. The terminal apparatus of the invention includes a reception unit that receives a frame and changes a CCA method on the basis of information included in the frame. The CCA method includes a method of setting a CCA level as a value other than a predetermined value of the CCA level. The reception unit has a function of performing carrier sense and a method of changing the CCA level includes a method of setting a period in which the carrier sense is performed as a value other than a value of a predetermined carrier sense period.

Abstract: To provide a base station apparatus, a terminal apparatus, and a communication method capable of ensuring high reliability and low latency of URLLC. There are included a receiver configured to detect first and second DCI formats and RRC information, and a transmitter capable of data transmission based on any of a first uplink grant to be available via activation by using a radio resource periodicity included in the RRC information and the first DCI format, a second uplink grant to be available via activation by using the radio resource periodicity included in the RRC information and the second DCI format, and a third uplink grant to be available after detection of the second DCI format, wherein multiple DCI formats are detected, the transmitter performs an override, in a case that the third uplink grant overlaps in a time domain with the second uplink grant, and performs an override, in a case that the first uplink grant overlaps in a time domain with the third uplink grant.

Abstract: A terminal apparatus for communicating with a base station apparatus, the terminal apparatus including: a receiver configured to receive information related to subcarrier spacing for an OFDM signal from the base station apparatus; and a transmitter configured to transmit an uplink data channel to the base station apparatus by using the OFDM signal, based on the information related to the subcarrier spacing. The transmitter generates the OFDM signal by using a plurality of the subcarrier spacings, and the transmitter configures a transmit power of the uplink data channel, based on the subcarrier spacing of subcarriers to which the uplink data channel has been mapped.

Abstract: A receiver configured to receive first information on a configuration of a demodulation reference signal via higher layer signaling and receive downlink control information including second information on transmission of the demodulation reference signal via a physical downlink control channel, and a transmitter configured to transmit the demodulation reference signal and uplink data are included. The transmitter transmits the demodulation reference signal and the uplink data by using a same OFDM symbol based on at least the first information and the second information.